timothy thompson

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you have to make a warbird come on!

Todd D

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Tim Thompson, what does that mean?

rt3232

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Todd

With the oil cooler parts installed, When I built my bird I balanced it after every thing was complete and just befor covering with ultracoat

Hope this helps

Bob T

cimara

I decided to add a little detail to the tail feathers .Used blue masking tape to cover the areas thet I didnt want to spray then used a pattern and an exacto knife to cut the blue tape out were I wanted primmer to go .

timothy thompson

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thats my name is there a problem??

SMUGator

I'm watching as well, Winston as I am experimenting with the same technique.

Tom

rt3232

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Hi Guys

Little up date

Well the weather guys tell us we are to have 2 nice days but windy 10 to 25 ,but if the wind does not come up till noon we may get a chance to fly thr hanger queen Corsair, So will just have to see

Will ask one of the guys to take a vid if hecomes out


Cheers Bob T

NCIS

Get Along. Exactly like it says David the picture was easy to see. Especially when I down loaded it to my pictures file and it was the right size.

Gibbs

cimara

Unwraped the rudder today .Turned out well I think. will know more after the final coat of primmer

cimara

Here is a comparison between the covered in fabric and the ones covered with wood glassed and painted .The details are much more crisp in the painted version . Down side it is the painted version is some what heavier

rt3232

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Winston

Vary intersting, Did you get a weight compairson?

Bob T

cimara

Bob the Differance will be around 75 to 80 grams 2 3/4 ounces .Alot more than i wanted but the look is so much better and if i would have used balsa it would have been lighter but not near as strong .

rt3232

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Winston

Did you use ply? and if so why? Not a lot of force on those surface's

If I ever get my 47 done I plan on another Corsair, So looking at all the options

Cheers Bob T

cimara

Yes i used 1/32 ply core with most of that cut away then 1/64 on top .I used the ply because i didnt think the 1/16 ounce balsa i had would hold up beeing that it didnt have much of a core just a strip that went around the edge but after i got it built like this i realised i could stand on them and they would hold up Realy not happy with the weight [:@]

rt3232

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Winston

Sent you a PM

Bob t

NCIS

I have a question and was wondering if anyone could answer it for me. I'm replicating a French Navy Corsair. I don't know what model it was but it has a hump on the spine just behind the rear bulkhead of the cockpit. I am duplicating this in order for it to be true to scale. I heard something about these being used in Korea and they were F4U-7's. Does anybody know what the model is and why they have that hump unlike the American Corsairs? Here is a picture so you can see the hump I'm duplicating and how I've duplicated the best I can. Does anybody know where I can get a clear canopy made 1/4 scale like the one on this Corsair?

Thanks,

Gibbs

pappy 883

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Gibbs, the "hump" comes from a canopy modification starting with the F4U-5 series, the AU-1s and the F4U-7 types that the French had....... More head room i suppose.
The French -7s were not used in Korea , but rather based in Algeria, Tunisia, & North Africa as well as being aboard two French aircraft carriers.
The French did fly AU-1 Corsairs on loan from the U.S. in the famous seige at Dien Bien Fu in Viet Nam 1954 .

Can't help ya' with the canopy,........ better start on a mold.!

cimara

Barry You are also going to have to make a new cowl or mod the one you got .Fu7s had a chin scoop like The F4u4s you can get 3 views here http://www.airwar.ru/other/draw_fw.html#4

ctflyboy

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GIBBS,

I WOULD START LOOKING ON AIRLINERS.NET

JUST MY $.02 WORTH

GEORGE
CORSAIR Brotherhood # 1

pappy 883

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Excellent point, there is a treasure trove of Corsair pictures there. www.airliners.net here's a sample........

vik

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Airliners is great server, but most af the pictures are from these days and not all planes have the right colors...
I would buy something like Corsair in action from Sqadron Signal
BTW I thing french were F4U4

NCIS

Thanks for the info. Winston didn't you put a chin scoop on your cowling? What did you use for a mold? Do you know what pages the making of it are on here?


Thanks again everybody,

Barry

cimara

Barry
yes mine is not scale It looks ok i guess made mine out of modeling clay first them a mold of that to make the real one from .I dont know were in the thread it would be try the index should be around pages 30 through 60 heres some pics of it

NCIS

Winston,

Thanks for the pic's and the tip on using molding clay. The pic's are great. It looks close enough to scale for me too!!!

Thanks again,

Barry

pappy 883

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Actually the French had the F4U-7. 94 of them were built by Vought for France. Basically a F4U-5 airframe with a -4 engine, hence the chin scoop. They were the last Corsairs built.